Cheap (standard 1") fractional plates (UK)

[Dastardly]

I was at tesco today and noticed they had 1kg cast iron plates reduced to 54p each!

Compare that to the price of a fractional olympic plate.

I got myself some as I have a standard barbell which I am getting my mum & sister to use and they need some fractionals. But I think they are good option for those using a full size bar too. They could be hung on easily.

[LondonTiger]

DOn't get it, 1kg a plate is not fractional..

I have some small 500g plates lying around in the shed.. I don't understand why fractionals are in 500g and 250g weights.. they're not exactly half of 1.25kg.

I taped on some nuts and bolts to make the plates 625g each.

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4404/fractionals.jpg

Cost.. FREE. All materials were found lying around the shed.

[OITW]

I've found the pound to kilo transition to be a pain, and Tigger just hit on the reason why. If 5 lbs gain per session is the goal, I need two 1.25kg plates to be about right, 5.1 lbs. But if I have to go fractional, they just don't make plates less than 1.25kg in oly sizes (except at highway robbery prices). I recently scoffed a bunch of .5kg in standard size, now I can get the lift down to 2.2 lbs at a micro level, I can hang them on the hook clamps or do like Tigger with the twist ties. Programming micro gains in something like the press is a pain in kilos.